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"Kenneth Lonergan’s third feature as a writer-director is a drama of surpassing beauty, and Casey Affleck’s portrayal of the janitor, Lee Chandler, is stripped-back perfection—understated, unaffected, yet stunning in depth and resonance." Read the full review here.

"The acclaimed scenes of peasants, seen indoors or against the rolling fields of Picardy, are the heart" of the "the brilliant exhibition" in which the mysteries of the Le Nain brothers "are addressed, if not fully solved." Read the full review here.

In this "testimony to this celebrated painter’s prodigious gifts," the works "attest to his faultless eye for tone and matchless ability to suggest light and atmosphere." See all the best art of 2016 here.

The musical starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling "does what the movies have all but forgotten how to do—sweep us up into a dream of love that’s enhanced in an urgent present by the mythic power of Hollywood’s past." Read the full review here.

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"The directness of his paintings of friends and colleagues is striking, but so are the elegance and refinement of his portrayals of aristocratic patrons," all of which "comes to fascinating life in...the first major U.S. show devoted to the artist since 1990." Read the full review here.

The overhaul of this site just outside Manhattan "show the transformative power made possible by a smart plan, perseverance and the city’s unstinting investment." See all the best architecture of 2016 here.

This road movie full of "surprises, revelations, gritty felicities and casual epiphanies" is a portrait of "an America where rich and poor alike are generally good-hearted, irony-free and blandly besotted by pop culture." Read the full review here.

"Instead of battle scenes, glorifications of heroism, and triumphant generals, we are presented with small, intimate visions of ordinary soldiers in private moments" in this "fascinating exhibition" at the Frick Collection. Read the full review here.

A "substantial" exhibition looks at the work of Kerry James Marshall, whose "blunt reference to 'black' as a descriptor of African-Americans is a measure of the power and strange, stiff elegance of his art." Read the full review here.

Siblings rob Texas banks in this "tale of brotherhood and family that takes in the harsh beauty of the land, the elusive nature of right and wrong and the quirky delights of human connections in a time of bewildering change." Read the full review here.

This length documentary "is essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand the role of race in the trial and, most significantly, in the frayed social fabric of contemporary America." See all the best films of 2016 here.

More than a story about a cult, the show is "an ambitious, character-driven drama, compelling in its endless skein of intrigues...its power struggles and...its vision of morality." Read the full review here.